The Shortest Celebrity Marriages Ever

Forget the 7-year itch or 3-year glitch. These days in Hollywood, celebs should beware the “12-months-or-less twitch.” Kim Kardashian is the latest starlet to file for divorce before she could celebrate the one-year wedding anniversary of her marriage to pro basketball player Kris Humphries. She announced her split just 72 days after her 10-million-dollar nuptials (and two-day special broadcast on E!) in California.

Why don’t celebrity marriages seem to last? New York Times columnist John Tierney and Geek Logik author Garth Sundem sought to answer that question — and even developed a mathematical equation to predict whether a relationship will last. They concluded that the worst factors for a celebrity marriage include these: the woman is more famous than the man, the woman’s sex symbol status is too high, the courtship is too quick, and the couple have past doomed relationships. (If you’re judging Kim and Kris’s marriage, then that’s a check, check, check, and check.)

While we non-Hollywood folk may be immune to those predictors, that doesn’t mean we’re not vulnerable to quickie divorces. According to a recent U.S. Census report, most first marriages that end in divorce do so within the first five years.

Here, a look back at other Hollywood couples whose marriages met a quick demise.

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Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries: 72 Days

After six months of dating, the couple said their “I dos” in front of millions of their closest friends and fans (thanks to an E! special). The honeymoon, however, proved to be a short one when rumors that the couple wasn’t getting along began circulating in early October. Kardashian, 31, filed for divorce from her basketball star husband, 26, on October 31. “After careful consideration, I have decided to end my marriage,” Kardashian, whose marriage in 2000 to producer Damon Thomas, ended in divorce after four years, said in a statement to E! News. “I had hoped this marriage was forever, but sometimes things don’t work out as planned.”

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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito: 4 Months

Four months after her December 2006 wedding to Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Esposito filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. "It was just something that happened," Cooper later told Howard Stern on his radio show via Us Weekly. "The good thing is, we both realized it...Sometimes you just realize it."

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Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney: 4 Months

The Jerry Maguire actress requested that her 2005 marriage to country star Kenny Chesney be annulled just 16 weeks after their beachside nuptials. While Renee Zellweger cited “fraud” in the papers, she clarified her intentions in a statement. “[Fraud] is simply legal language and not a reflection of Kenny’s character,” she said in a statement via People. The duo later released a joint statement reading, “The miscommunication of the objective of their marriage at the start is the only reason for this annulment. Renée and Kenny value and respect each other and are saddened that their different objectives prevent the success of this marriage."

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Britney Spears and Jason Alexander: 55 Hours

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas (sort of). After Britney Spears wed childhood friend Jason Alexander in a surprise ceremony in 2004, the marriage was annulled just 55 hours later.

"It was just crazy, man," he told Access Hollywood. "We were just looking at each other and said, 'Let's do something wild, crazy. Let's go get married, just for the hell of it'."

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Mario Lopez and Ali Landry: 2 Weeks

Although Mario Lopez and Ali Landry dated for six years, their 2004 marriage lasted a brief two weeks because of rumored infidelities. “That was a terrible situation and it was the worst thing that ever happened to me,” Landry told ParentDish.com. “I have never been betrayed by someone like that. But, I will say, even though I never got an apology from him, it was the absolute best thing that happened to me because now I have a great husband who has the same values and the same morals as me.”

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Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush: 5 Months

The One Tree Hill stars, who began dating in 2003, split just five months after their 2005 nuptials. "This is a difficult and unfortunate situation," Sophia Bush said in a statement via People. "I am glad this is being resolved sooner rather than later."

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Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage: 3 Months

After a whirlwind romance, Lisa Marie Presley and Nicolas Cage tied the knot in 2002 on the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. Then, just three quick months later, Cage filed for divorce. "I'm sad about this, but we shouldn't have been married in the first place. It was a big mistake," Presley, who had also been married for a little over a year to Michael Jackson, said in a statement via CNN.

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Drew Barrymore and Tom Green: 5 Months

Funnyman Tom Green filed for divorce from Drew Barrymore in 2001 citing irreconcilable differences. "Drew is a wonderful woman, I love her very much. I wish our marriage could have worked out, I wish her much happiness,” he said in a statement via CNN.

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Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd: 9 Months

After a romance blossomed on the set of her video “Love Don’t Cost a Thing,” Jennifer Lopez married choreographer Cris Judd in September 2001. They announced their separation in June and filed for divorce in July. “You do what feels right at the time," she told Oprah via People. "And I've always been the type of person that follows my heart and my gut. I still go with those instincts, because I feel like they've never steered me wrong."

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Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman: 6 Months

The NBA star and Baywatch actress married in October 1998 after an all-night bender in Las Vegas. And, although Rodman requested an annulment just nine days later, the pair reconciled for a short time. In March , however, the couple filed for divorce in what their publicist described as an amicable split.

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